限げん性せい遺い伝でん

noun

sex-limited inheritance

Technical genetics term: a trait expressed in only one sex despite the gene being present in both sexes. Used in biological and medical contexts.

• 限げん性せい遺い伝でんの例れいとして、男だん性せい型がた脱だつ毛もう症しょうがよく挙あげられる。

  Male-pattern baldness is often cited as an example of sex-limited inheritance.

• この形けい質しつは限げん性せい遺い伝でんを示しめし、女じょ性せいにはほとんど現あらわれない。

  This trait shows sex-limited inheritance and rarely appears in females.